Clanculus denticulatus

Clanculus denticulatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Clanculus
Species: C. denticulatus
Binomial name
Clanculus denticulatus
(Gray, 1827)
Synonyms
  • Monodonta denticulata Gray, 1827
  • Monodonta lupina Menke, K.T., 1843
  • Trochus samoensis Rousseau in Hombron, J.B. & C.H. Jacquinot, 1877

Clanculus denticulatus, common name the toothed clanculus, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 7 mm and 13 mm. The depressed, spirally grooved shell has a conical shape. It is pale reddish, ornamented with rows of white and brown spots. The; ribs are slightly granulated. The sutures are distinct and impressed. The lower part of the body whorl is nearly smooth. The white umbilicus is smooth inside, the edge furnished with a series of granules. The aperture is subquadrangular. The outer lip is crenulated at the edge. The columellar lip is smooth, with a large tooth at the inside and a little roughness on the outer side. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan, the Philippines and Australia

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Clanculus denticulatus (Gray, 1827). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=547247 on 2012-11-23
  2. H. Pilsbry, Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Monodonta denticulata)

External links

External identifiers for Clanculus denticulatus
Encyclopedia of Life 4796648
NCBI 648587
WoRMS 547247


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